As he heads into the most critical two weeks of his rebuild of the Rangers, a plan he began executing last June with the buyout of Dan Girardi and the trade of Derek Stepan, the Rangers GM’s cell is blowing up.

And he’s blowing up phones all around the NHL too.

Gorton has assets in bushels – young veteran players teams covet, loads of picks (three in the first round, seven in the first three rounds) in the 2018 NHL Entry Draft in Dallas, which begins Friday. He has another huge asset in cap space, which means the Rangers can take on a bad or a too-large contract from another team in exchange for more assets – a player, prospects, picks, etc. With July 1 free agency closely following the draft, teams want to move contracts, and the Rangers will be listening.

Gorton has let the league know the Rangers are open for business, we all know that pretty much no player is untouchable, and everyone...